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As the evening enters every night of Ramadan, it brings with it a unique type of mercy of Allah

and a special blessing that descends. We ask Allah to allow us to taste it. What is this blessing?

Well, let me take you further. Bismillahi r-Rahman r-Rahim. Alhamdulillah wa s-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulillahi wa a'ala Ali

wa s-sahpihi ajma'in. One of the pillars of Islam is the five daily prayers. We have two of them that are

fulfilled during the daylights hours and three that are fulfilled while it is still dark. Fajr

Maheri bin Isha that are fulfilled while it is still dark are fulfilled in an audible fashion,

especially when reading in a congregation. The other two are silent and during daylight hours

all the prayers that are offered are silent besides those that are offered in massive congregation

such as Salatu Leid or the prayer of Jumwa and so on. Now it's amazing how in the month of Ramadan

as much as we have given so much of importance to the abstaining from food and drink and so on,

we have not given as much importance to the other pillars of Islam and as we enter the evening Allah

makes it recommended to involve in much more of that pillar of Islam a prayer.

So if you were to notice when a person is close to sunset, close to the Maheri prayer which is

immediately after the sunset, he or she will have some food stuffs ready. It is very rewarding to

prepare something that you could actually eat and to have it ready for the right time because to

open your fast exactly when Allah tells you is something recommended and rewarding.